Drinking attachment for water faucets



March 5, 1929. J. ROSA-Y 1,704,403

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Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH ROBAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRINKING ATTACHMENT FOR WATER FAUCETS.

Application filed August 18, 1926. Serial No. 130,091.

This invention relates to a drinking attachment for water faucets; andhas for its object to provide a drinking attachment of this characterconstructed of a short length of tubing with its ends offset preferablyto form somewhat of a Ushape. One end of the tubing is arranged toiitloosely into a faucet and provided. with resilient means to grip thesame and support the drinking end of the tube in operating position.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing my improveddrinking device as attached to a water faucet.

Figure 2 shows a cup member as detachably connected to the drinking endof the tube to retain the water discharged from the drinking end of thetube.

l igure 3 is a side elevation of this cup.

Figure 4 is a modification illustrating the spring on the end of thetube as arranged to fit inside of the faucet to support the tube inoperating position.

This invention provides a sanitary drinking device which may be attachedto any ordinary water faucet for the purpose of directing a portion ofthe Water from the faucet in an upward direction and in a position to bereadily employed for drinking purposes, the device being extremelyinexpensive to construct and one which may be as readily detached fromthe faucet and carried about in the pocket of the user. Also in someinstances, it is found of advantage to provide a cup member which may bereadily detach ably connected to the discharge end of a tube which isadapted to hold a body of water and so control in a measure the heightof the discharging flow of the water from the tube to render it easierto drink therefrom; and the following is a detailed description of oneembodiment of my invention by means of which these advantageous resultsmay be ac complished.

lVith reference to the drawings, 10 designates the usual water faucetwhich is ordi narily turned downwardly and 11 the controlling handletherefor.

My improved drinking device is preferably formed of a short length ofrigid tubing 12 with its ends offset or turned at substantially a rightangle to the body of the.

tubingto form a substantially U-shaped device, the tube being preferablyof a diameter considerably less than "the inner diameter .of the usualfaucet to which it is adapted to be attached. One end 13 of the tubingis arranged to extend up into the faucet and a short spring finger 14whichmay be of the flat metal type may be soldered or riveted ,as at 15,to the wall of the tubing to extend upwardly along the upturned end13and grip the wall 16 of the faucet between it and the adjacent end ofthe tubing. The free end 17 of the spring is turned outwardly so as topermit the tube to be readily positioned onto a faucet, the springserving to support the discharge end 18 of the tube in a verticalposition whereby it may readily serve as a convenient water supply fromwhich to drink.

By forming the tubing of a diameter less than the discharge opening inthe faucet but a small portion of the water is forced through the tubingand therefore will flow with diminished force from the discharge endthereof.

In some instances, it is found of advantage to also provide a cup member19 with a tubular neck portion 20 to set either inside or over theoutside end of the discharge end of the tubing, the cup serving whenpartially filled with water to modify the discharging force of thestream to be consumed.

In some instances, instead of arranging the spring in the formillustrated in Figures 1 and 2, I may form the same as illustrated inFigure 4, in which it is in the shape of a loop 22 to grip the innerwall of the faucet 23 and so bind and support the drinking end of thetubing 24 in operating position.

Y My improved sanitary drinking device is extremely simple andinexpensive in construction, and may be readily carried in the pocket ofthe user. The cup member which is applied to this tubing is formed verythin and can also be readily carried about in the pocket of the user.Thespring of the tubing is so arranged that the device may be instantlyattached to a faucet to be supported in operating position and asquickly detached after a sufiicient quantity of water has been consumedto quench the thirst.

The foregoing description is directed solel towards the constructionillustrated, but desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilegeof resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device issusceptible,

the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of theappended claims.

I claim 1. In'combination with a Water faucet, a drinking attachmentcomprising a short length of rigid tubing having its end portions set atan angle to the axis of its body portion, the diameter of one endportion of the tubing being less than the inner diameter of the faucetand extending inside the faucet and having resilient means to supportthe said inserted end portion against one side of the faucet.

2. A drinking attachment for Water faucets, comprising a rigid U-shapedtubing having one end for insertion into the outlet of a faucet oflarger internal diameter, and a spring on said end to grip the faucetand support the opposite end of the tubing in drinking position.

3. A drinking attachment for Water faucets, comprising a rigid U-shapedtubing having one end of a size to extend into a faucet of largerinternal diameter, and a spring finger on the outside of said endpositioned to grip the Wall of the faucet between it and theinwardlyextending portion of the tubing to support the discharge end ofthe tubing in operating position.

4. A drinking attachment for Water fau cets, comprising a rigid U-shapedtube having one end for insertion intothe outlet of a fancet of largerinternal diameter, a spring on said end to grip the faucet and supportthe opposite end of the tubing in drinking position and a readilydetachable drinking cup supported on the discharge end of the tubing andinto whichthe discharge Water flows.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

JQSEPH ROSAY.

